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[[File:SC155045.jpg|right|250px|link=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/207552/kamakura-village-from-an-untitled-series-of-westernstyle-l?ctx=1be86594-d25a-458d-827f-8e5dc3048977&idx=0|Kamakura Village by Katsushika Hokusai]]
 
[[File:SC155045.jpg|right|250px|link=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/207552/kamakura-village-from-an-untitled-series-of-westernstyle-l?ctx=1be86594-d25a-458d-827f-8e5dc3048977&idx=0|Kamakura Village by Katsushika Hokusai]]
  
<font size="3">'''[[Calcium carbonate]]'''</font> 胡粉(''gofun''): Black is derived from
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<font size="3">'''[[Calcium carbonate]]'''</font> 胡粉(''gofun''): A white powder that can occur in three crystalline forms: [[calcite]] (hexagonal-rhombohedral), [[aragonite]] (orthorhombic) and vaterite. Calcium carbonate occurs naturally in many forms such as [[chalk]], [[limestone]], [[marble]] and [[seashell|sea shells]]. In Japan, the source is sea shells. <!--Before the 15c., the term gofun has been used to also indicate lead white but today it is exclusively used for calcium carbonate.-->
  
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Calcium carbonate can be difficult to confirm as a printed color since the water used papermaking can be have high concentrations of calcium; also it was sometimes used as an additive to the pulp during papermaking.
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Calcium carbonate has been found mixed with [[:Category:Carbon black:Ukiyo-e colorant|carbon black]] to create a wide range of gray tones that can appear as a pale blue color. Extensive use of calcium carbonate is found on Harunobu’s ''mizu-e'' or water prints of the 1760’s which are images printed with no or faintly printed outlines. Sometimes a calcium carbonate paint was spattered across the surface of a completed print in order to approximate the appearance of snow or sea spray.
  
 
'''For more information see:''' [[Calcium carbonate]]
 
'''For more information see:''' [[Calcium carbonate]]
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== Analysis ==
 
== Analysis ==
Excitation Emission Matrix (EEM) spectroscopy can easily identify the organic reds: [[:Category:Safflower: Ukiyo-e colorant|safflower]], madder, and [[:Category:Sappanwood: Ukiyo-e colorant|sappanwood]]. Madder fluoresces brightly under UVA radiation and produces a unique EEM pattern that helps differentiate it from safflower, which also fluoresces.
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X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) is used to detect calcium, which in a white area, is an indication for the presence of calcium carbonate (CaCO<sub>3</sub>).
 
 
  
 
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Madder EEM ref.jpg|<center>EEM plot for Madder</center>
 
Madder EEM ref.jpg|<center>EEM plot for Madder</center>
Red EEM plots.jpg|<center>3D EEM plots for Red references</center>
 
Red EmEx curves.jpg|<center>Overlay of EEM curves for Red references</center>
 
FORS of reds.jpg|<center>Overlay of FORS spectra for Red references</center>
 
 
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==Other Images of Calcium carbonate ==  
 
==Other Images of Calcium carbonate ==  
 
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Gofun.jpg|Gofun, <small>by Musashino Art University</small>
 
Gofun.jpg|Gofun, <small>by Musashino Art University</small>
Oyster shell.jpg|Weathered oyster shells, <small>by Musashino Art University</small>
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Oyster shells.jpg|Weathered oyster shells, <small>by Central Japan Railway Company</small>
 
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Revision as of 00:50, 27 July 2020

Kamakura Village by Katsushika Hokusai

Calcium carbonate 胡粉(gofun): A white powder that can occur in three crystalline forms: Calcite (hexagonal-rhombohedral), Aragonite (orthorhombic) and vaterite. Calcium carbonate occurs naturally in many forms such as Chalk, Limestone, Marble and sea shells. In Japan, the source is sea shells.

Calcium carbonate can be difficult to confirm as a printed color since the water used papermaking can be have high concentrations of calcium; also it was sometimes used as an additive to the pulp during papermaking.

Calcium carbonate has been found mixed with carbon black to create a wide range of gray tones that can appear as a pale blue color. Extensive use of calcium carbonate is found on Harunobu’s mizu-e or water prints of the 1760’s which are images printed with no or faintly printed outlines. Sometimes a calcium carbonate paint was spattered across the surface of a completed print in order to approximate the appearance of snow or sea spray.

For more information see: Calcium carbonate

Examples of Calcium carbonate in Ukiyo-e Prints

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

Dyed indigo.jpg

Indigo FORS.JPG
Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

Dyed indigo.jpg

Indigo FORS.JPG
Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

Dyed indigo.jpg

Indigo FORS.JPG
Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu


Analysis

X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) is used to detect calcium, which in a white area, is an indication for the presence of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).

Other Images of Calcium carbonate